Technology teacher builds the pathway from school to work
If you cut Corrie Lindgreen in half, you would see ‘engineer and teacher’ written right through him. Dutch born and bred, Corrie’s family immigrated to Auckland...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/technology-teacher-builds-the-pathway-from-school-to-work/Inter-school ‘Toolbox Challenge’ finding budding engineers and furniture makers
The results are in for the inter-school competition ‘Toolbox Challenge’.The top prize in the engineering section went to Rangitoto College student James Thompson. Blue Mountain College...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/inter-school-toolbox-challenge-finding-budding-engineers-and-furniture-makers/From apprentice to business owner
“My apprenticeship took me way beyond learning how to do the basic ‘pipework’ in this job. But running your own team of guys, running the whole...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/from-apprentice-to-business-owner/New forestry products
*Available now* *National Certificate in Business (Business Administration), Level 3*The aim of this programme is to enhance business and administration skills by providing a suite of tools...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/new-forestry-products/Your workforce development needs get a listening ear
Have you heard about SAGs and what they can do for you?The Competenz Sector Advisory Group (SAG) was reinvigorated just over a year ago. Today it’s...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/your-workforce-development-needs-get-a-listening-ear/Global manufacturing business keeps ahead of the game
From its humble beginnings in the late eighties to now an international company, Napier-based food display cabinetmaking company Food Products Group (FPG) have come a long...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/global-manufacturing-business-keeps-ahead-of-the-game/Butchery apprenticeship is the beginning of a lifelong career for Cambridge student
For 16-year-old Luke Andrews, wanting to be a butcher started when he was young. Around four years ago his parents brought Export Meats in Cambridge –...
https://www.competenz.org.nz/news/butchery-apprenticeship-is-the-beginning-of-a-lifelong-career-for-cambridge-student/Taranaki apprentice wins top engineering award
For 21-year-old mechanical engineering apprentice Jamie Noakes, winning the Competenz Stuart Tolhurst Apprentice Trophy at this year's 2016 SKF National Maintenance Engineering Conference (NMEC) in Hamilton...
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